Anvil Brewing Equipment is the brain child of Blichmann Engineering with the support of homebrewing legend and author of How to Brew, John Palmer. Designed

Anvil's 5.5 Gallon Brewing Kettle is the ideal choice for small batch brewing (1 - 2.5 Gallon batches) or Extract Brewers starting with 3 gallons of wort. Anvil Kettles are durable, rugged, and designed for a lifetime of use. These kettles come standard with internal graduated etchings that clearly show measurements in both gallons and liters. They include a thermometer, 1/2" NPT Ball Valve, and dip tube to ensure that you are getting the most out of your wort!

Features Include:

Built from a heavy duty 18 gauge Stainless Steel that includes a reinforced lip for durability and ease of cleaning.

Induction capable tri-ply clad bottom.

Etched graduations on the inside of the kettle in both Gallons and Liters for accuracy.

Dual Scale thermometer that displays both Fahrenheit and Celsius.

Cast stainless steel handles for ease of carrying. Built without rivets to prevent leaks and discourage contaminants.

Lid design conveniently rests on kettle handles.

1.2 - 1 height to diameter ratio designed for optimal performance.

Stainless steel ball valve with integral bulkhead seal is incredible durable, easy to disassemble for cleaning, and will not leak.

Dip tube included that drains to within 3/8" of the bottom of the kettle.

Dimensions: Height - 11 5/8" Diameter - 12"

A boil kettle strainer for hop and trub filtration is also sold separately.

Anvil Brewing Equipment orders will begin to ship the week of Dec. 7th.

AutoSparge Positions

We
recommend a Three Kettle System for typical Batch Sizes (Hot Lauter
Tank/Mash/Boil). Please reference the
chart below for specific capacities:

It
is also possible to brew multiple batch sizes, for example a 5 and 10 gallon
batch with the following sizes. Please
note that you may need to add additional makeup water to your boil kettle.
Another option for smaller batch sizes is to use a thinner mash - this will
help maintain temperatures and also allow the thermometer to read the mash.
Blichmann offers a thermometer hole plug so you may locate the thermometer at a
lower position for smaller batches and the higher position for bigger batch
size.

An
optional hole plug is available so that you may install the TherMometer in
multiple locations. Ideal for brewing
multiple batch sizes in one pot!

Boil kettles: love2brew recommends that you always do a
full wort boil this will minimize the addition of top-up water to compensate
for boil-off and starting with the volume called for in your recipe will let
you know early in the process if you've hit your target gravity giving you more
time to correct the problem. Also,
you'll get more consistent hop utilization by sticking to the recipe volumes,
as utilization changes significantly with specific wort gravity. Last is boil-over prevention, having enough
head space will keep this problem at bay.

love2brew
recommends a boil kettle approximately 2 times the size of the finished batch
size. Although this may sound like a bit
much, a 10 gal batch will typically start with 13-14 gal pre-boil once you
compensate for cooling contraction, transfer losses, and boil off. This will allow for a reasonable head space
to reduce boil-over problems. For
example, if you're a 10 gallon batch brewer, you would select the 20 gal
BoilerMaker™ brew pot as your boil kettle.

Mash Vessels: We recommend filling
your mash vessel no more than 75% of capacity.
This will allow sufficient space for dough-in of the grains and
additions of sparge water and sparge arms, etc.
The chart below includes various water to grist ratios to assist you in
your selection. The green column is our
recommended water to grist ratio.
Minimum volumes are to ensure that the thermometer probe is adequately
submerged, and also so you have an adequate grain bed depth for proper wort
filtration.

Approximate mash capacity - lb of grain @ 75% full

Gallons

Recommended Boil Capacity (finished batch size)

HLT Capacity (approx)

1.00 qt/lb

1.25 qt/lb

1.5 qt/lb

1.75 qt/lb

2.00 qt/lb

10

5

8

24

20

17

15

13

15

8

13

37

30

26

23

20

20

10

17

49

41

35

30

27

30

15

25

73

61

52

45

40

55

32

48

134

111

95

83

74

Approximate mash capacity - lb of grain @ 75% full

Gallons

Recommended lauter rate (gpm)

Max recirc rate (gpm) for RIMS

Kettle dead space (gal)

Diameter (in) of sidewall

Diameter (in) base of step

Height (in)

Volume to thermo stem (gal)*

10

0.19

0.75

0.13

13.8

10.9

16.5

4

15

0.25

1

0.19

15.7

12.8

18.9

6.5

20

0.33

1.25

0.22

17.7

14.8

20.9

8.25

30

0.4

1.5

0.28

19.7

16.8

23.6

10.25

55

0.55

2.25

0.5

23.6

20.7

28.3

15

Hot
Liquor Tanks: love2brew recommends
sizing your HLT the same size as your mash tun to ensure you have plenty of
sparge water available on brew day.